Vanport refugees at Swan Island leave on caravan to Salem to protest conditions. Most of the black flood victims were given temporary housing in dilapidated war surplus mobile buildings trucked to vacant land at Guilds Lake. After a little over a month of living in these circumstances, the residents organized a caravan to Salem and protest their conditions at the State Capitol. July 7, 1948

Source: 4x5" negative

Photo by Allan deLay (1915-2005) #480707